Investigators have unearthed how the top brass of International Leasing and Financial Services Limited (ILFSL) helped Prashanta Kumar Halder, known as PK Halder, embezzle and launder about Tk 70 crore from the institution.
Alarm bells were raised when PK Halder and his associates laundered around Tk 174 crore from a financial institution in 2016 by setting up companies that existed only on paper.
PK Halder, His Aides: ACC files five more cases for Tk 350cr graft
Proshanta Kumar Halder. File photo Staff Correspondent Staff Correspondent
The Anti-Corruption Commission has filed five cases against 33 people, including former NRB Global Bank managing director PK Halder, for allegedly laundering over Tk 350 crore of International Leasing and Financial Services Limited (ILFSL).
ACC Deputy Director Gulshan Anowar Prodhan filed the cases in the last two days.
Briefing reporters at the ACC s Segunbagicha headquarters yesterday, its Secretary Md Anwar Hossain Howlader said they have already arrested the former chairman of People s Leasing and Financial Services Limited (PLFSL), Uzzal Nandi, and former ILFSL MD Rashedul Haque in connection with the cases.